Abused Missions?
krazedkris
Thirsty river has been the most rewarding quest thus far. It kicked my lvl 19 Ne/R with henchmen-group butt time and again. I'd make it all the way to the last group (Josso) and then get pummeled. Finally I figured out what was happening, changed my skills and killed that damn priest (Jossa took a while, though). Mission and the bonus completed. If it wasn't so difficult, it wouldn't have been rewarding, and therefore, it's my favorite.
kg_lildude1
soloing riverside province is just hilarious 
Mahanaxar
I hate some really boring kryta/jungle missions like D'Alessio, the wilds or bloodstone fen.
I really like Aurora Glade, the last arena is very funny (with bonus, of course).
I love the first part of Borlis Pass too, because i'm a big LoTR fan...Amon Din beacons anyone?
In the desert i find Elona and Dunes boring; River is funny.
Ring of Fire missions are nothing special.
I really like Aurora Glade, the last arena is very funny (with bonus, of course).
I love the first part of Borlis Pass too, because i'm a big LoTR fan...Amon Din beacons anyone?
In the desert i find Elona and Dunes boring; River is funny.
Ring of Fire missions are nothing special.
EternalTempest
Fav - Sorrow's Furnace (and not for green drops either) - the whole layered level of quests within quests, originality (gears, blowing open doors).
Hate - Desert Missions Mock PvP - do you think they really prepare you for pvp with random pugs....
Hate - Desert Missions Mock PvP - do you think they really prepare you for pvp with random pugs....
SincorpDeath
I've only beaten thunderhead once with a w/mo, and that took me like 5 tries until i realized that you actually need a good group. Once i finally got a good group, my hate of the mission turned to love as i felt the satisfaction of accomplishing such a difficult task. I just made a monk to eventually make a solo monk (jumpin on the bandwagon), and i actually really look forward to putting my skills to the test as a monk in that mission. Seems like it's gonna be a ton of fun healing as much and as efficiently as i can. The challenge seems exciting.
Former Ruling
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My favorite mission......I'd say its a tie between Thunderhead (love the somewhat LOTR style battle at the end, especially if you choose to guard the top of the stairs ^ ^) and Nolani, just love seeing the looks on ppl's faces when they see 1 person drop an army of Charr without a scratch ^ ^
My most hated mission...hmmm....idk, they were all pretty fun to me, the harder the better ^ ^ Gotta agree on Nolani - Me and this other lvl20 got in a group with like a lvl8 and lvl10 or something. First thing he does is sit Edge of Extinction and prep himself with Ignite Arrow. Pulls lever - they all come - He hits like 1-2 of them and the whole army drops.
The rest of the mission consisted of me and him mowing down charr, while they dropped back and repeatedly said "Gods...Yall so own".
My most hated mission...hmmm....idk, they were all pretty fun to me, the harder the better ^ ^ Gotta agree on Nolani - Me and this other lvl20 got in a group with like a lvl8 and lvl10 or something. First thing he does is sit Edge of Extinction and prep himself with Ignite Arrow. Pulls lever - they all come - He hits like 1-2 of them and the whole army drops.
The rest of the mission consisted of me and him mowing down charr, while they dropped back and repeatedly said "Gods...Yall so own".
Shusky
Favourite ones:
- The First Mission Ever (however it's called). Because it's the only time in the entire game when PvE is joined with PvP.
- Bolris Pass. Dunno why, I just love the atmosphere.
- D'Alessio Seaboard. Because it was the first mission I ever done (at WPE). Makes me feel new again
- Thirsty River. Because it actually involves strategy.
- Thunderhead Keep. When I did at 14th attempt this summer, I hated it. After I actually finished, it was the most satisfying GW accomplishment.
Least favourite:
- Everything that is Maguuma. Walk, chop Devourer, walk, chop Spider, walk, chop Scarab, walk, chop Centaur, walk, chop White Mantle, walk, get the hell lost in the middle of absolutely nowhere at all.
- Ruins of Surmia, for devourer armies and for Rurik one-liners. The end is awesome, however.
- The First Mission Ever (however it's called). Because it's the only time in the entire game when PvE is joined with PvP.
- Bolris Pass. Dunno why, I just love the atmosphere.
- D'Alessio Seaboard. Because it was the first mission I ever done (at WPE). Makes me feel new again
- Thirsty River. Because it actually involves strategy.
- Thunderhead Keep. When I did at 14th attempt this summer, I hated it. After I actually finished, it was the most satisfying GW accomplishment.
Least favourite:
- Everything that is Maguuma. Walk, chop Devourer, walk, chop Spider, walk, chop Scarab, walk, chop Centaur, walk, chop White Mantle, walk, get the hell lost in the middle of absolutely nowhere at all.
- Ruins of Surmia, for devourer armies and for Rurik one-liners. The end is awesome, however.
chippxero
Favourite:
-Thirsty river it's good fun and rushing the priest at the last minute keeps it interesting.
Hate:
-Elona was being a real pain for me yesterday as i couldn't get good group, on my third try i decided to take henchie and got it done with 7 minutes left.
-Thirsty river it's good fun and rushing the priest at the last minute keeps it interesting.
Hate:
-Elona was being a real pain for me yesterday as i couldn't get good group, on my third try i decided to take henchie and got it done with 7 minutes left.
Sayshina
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... My least favorite would be the infusion mission, since everyone just runs through it, skipping content. If they made it a bit shorter, but more difficult to run (say, put mesmers with Imagined Burden in it), then it would be a better mission.
What a horrible idea. The ONLY PvE mission I ever liked at all was doing infusion runs when you needed to infuse each piece separately. Doing races was actualy interesting, mainly because there was another person involved. Fighting the AI is never anything but dreary and monotonous. My god, ripping that out and forcing everyone to walk the mission would make it just like all the rest!
Least favorite? Like most posters here I hate any that are dificult to do with henchies, for the same reason as stated by everyone else. PvE players are horrible as a rule, and if a mission gets a bit hard it really shows.
Sanctum cay: Don't step on the pier at end of mission, go hunting first.
Ruins: Why on earth would you do this in 3 parts? You MAY need to do the bonus separately, even after you explain to your group not to kill the embers, but there's no reason not to do the cities quest on the way. Why do it all again just for that?
Thristy: Before my guild died, we used to farm this mission for runes. Parts 1 and 2 just require a tiny bit of teamwork. Part 3 is best done by rushing the War first, with everyone getting inside and ganking the priest, then defending against the returning mob. Go after the Monk next, who is the only hard part of the mission, then mop up.
Elona's: This mission is pretty easy to run with a W/Mo, without killing a single thing.
Least favorite? Like most posters here I hate any that are dificult to do with henchies, for the same reason as stated by everyone else. PvE players are horrible as a rule, and if a mission gets a bit hard it really shows.
Sanctum cay: Don't step on the pier at end of mission, go hunting first.
Ruins: Why on earth would you do this in 3 parts? You MAY need to do the bonus separately, even after you explain to your group not to kill the embers, but there's no reason not to do the cities quest on the way. Why do it all again just for that?
Thristy: Before my guild died, we used to farm this mission for runes. Parts 1 and 2 just require a tiny bit of teamwork. Part 3 is best done by rushing the War first, with everyone getting inside and ganking the priest, then defending against the returning mob. Go after the Monk next, who is the only hard part of the mission, then mop up.
Elona's: This mission is pretty easy to run with a W/Mo, without killing a single thing.
MadLep
I despise anything involving Rurik or Gwen
Dylanowns
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I despise anything involving Rurik or Gwen
pfff dont we all
twicky_kid
my fav mission is elona b/c of the 120k per 4 hours i make running that mission 
black_betty
fav mish has to be thirsty, simply because on occassion i hit ebay noobs who rush and offer huge amounts of cash/ecto for me 2 run the mission for them. made around 70 ecto in one day running noobs through it, easy when your a MM. now i charge around 10k for a person to be run through if they request me to do it, but mostly get people offering me 30-40k out of the blue. i cant see why this mission is so hard, rather simple IMO, mind you i do cheat and take 1 henchy, usually brawler, just so i can get an initial corpse.
least favourite would probably be thunderhead, not because its hard, just the opposite. get so many morons wanting to rush it and then play hero soloing the mursaat, then realising their armor is not infused. but meh, i do it for guildies all the time, just sick of the typical moron rushers you find in that mission.tisk tisk tisk
least favourite would probably be thunderhead, not because its hard, just the opposite. get so many morons wanting to rush it and then play hero soloing the mursaat, then realising their armor is not infused. but meh, i do it for guildies all the time, just sick of the typical moron rushers you find in that mission.tisk tisk tisk
megaforcetkd
Thirsty river is teh g3y
Hell Marauder
Best mission: fighting doppelganger/ascension, because it's very short and has huge experience reward.
Hated mission: any long mission involving Rurik, except the last one. I choose not to finish the last mission, so titans won't show up all over tyria and interfere with my elite skill capture.
Hated mission: any long mission involving Rurik, except the last one. I choose not to finish the last mission, so titans won't show up all over tyria and interfere with my elite skill capture.
lg5000
Hate Mission: The one with the villagers and the eye, the eye gives me a headace and makes it hard to concentrate on what I'm doing. (Ruins of Surmania has a similar problem at the end where the floor is tilted, confuses me)
Most liked mission: Abadon's mouth, I dunno, but I REALLY enjoy screwing with Mursat. However, the monk boss there is in my bad books for all eternity, and I find nothing more satisfying than killing her. (she annoyed me the time she didn't die)
Most liked mission: Abadon's mouth, I dunno, but I REALLY enjoy screwing with Mursat. However, the monk boss there is in my bad books for all eternity, and I find nothing more satisfying than killing her. (she annoyed me the time she didn't die)
Melisande
Hated missions: Thunderhead Keep, not because I think that it's difficult or I have to spend a lot of time doing it (I've only ever failed once), but because I think this mission either enhances ppl's intelligence or stupidity. For example: in the one group that failed, for some reason neither of the elems that were supposed to be manning the pults acutally knew how to pult. What I mean is that they would keep running from one to the other even tho there is only 1 group in range of one of the pults. Also, for some reason neither of them understood that they should come back to the main group (we were camping) when the mursaat got into the gate. They would just stand there and throw spells at them and when they start to die, run AWAY from the main group and us monks. The rest of the group wasn't much better. I'm convinced that one of the tanks wasn't infused and for some reason, the whole group would try to cast spells at mursaat outside from the king's perch instead of pulting them to death...
But even with good groups, I find the mission a bit annoying, esp when we get whats-that-idiots-name the enduring (the mursaat monk boss) that takes AGES to kill even with a good group. And I completely agree with the idea that this mission should have a timer, I find it irritating rather than suspenseful when we have to wait around for the groups.
EDIT: sorry for the rant, didn't realize how long it really is
Favorite mission: Hell's precipice, I still think the armageddon lords should be more powerful, but overall, it's a fun mission. I find it extremely rewarding that we FINALLY get to kill Rurik.
I also like absolutely destroying charr w/ my lvl 20 warrior. The first time I did Nolani like that, I was still a bit of a noob in that I didn't know my way around, so I actually opened the gate and took on the entire Char army. hehe, that was fun.
But even with good groups, I find the mission a bit annoying, esp when we get whats-that-idiots-name the enduring (the mursaat monk boss) that takes AGES to kill even with a good group. And I completely agree with the idea that this mission should have a timer, I find it irritating rather than suspenseful when we have to wait around for the groups.
EDIT: sorry for the rant, didn't realize how long it really is
Favorite mission: Hell's precipice, I still think the armageddon lords should be more powerful, but overall, it's a fun mission. I find it extremely rewarding that we FINALLY get to kill Rurik.
I also like absolutely destroying charr w/ my lvl 20 warrior. The first time I did Nolani like that, I was still a bit of a noob in that I didn't know my way around, so I actually opened the gate and took on the entire Char army. hehe, that was fun.
Mercenary662
my least fave is fort ranik, is really easy but so long and boring, cant stand doing it, also i hate every ascalon mission
fave would be hells precipice, cause its the last one
fave would be hells precipice, cause its the last one
Seef II
Favorite: Guess I'd have to say Hell's Precipice. It can be a challenge if you pug it. Henchies do the job, contrary to popular belief.\
Least: Ruins of Surmia, omfg so boring. Is it even possible to do the bonus if you kill the ember bearers by taking the alternate gate to the flame temple?
Least: Ruins of Surmia, omfg so boring. Is it even possible to do the bonus if you kill the ember bearers by taking the alternate gate to the flame temple?
Skuld
Elona.. too hard to form a good team ><
I like Ice Caves the best heehee yaks
I like Ice Caves the best heehee yaks
Shimus DarkRaven
There is no one mission I dislike, except, maybe say Abaddon's Mouth. I don't really dislike it; just hard to find a group.
Most favorite mission<S>: Thunderhead Keep. I love it. Everyone makes it ten times then has to be, so fun killing all them and the additional forces with just 6 people because 2 dropped, and with only one monk <namely, my monk>
Another top favorite, I would have to say is Hell's Precipice. I loved killing rurik
Also, I loved those little portal you have to destroy, the titans, and all the other content there.
--The Shim
Most favorite mission<S>: Thunderhead Keep. I love it. Everyone makes it ten times then has to be, so fun killing all them and the additional forces with just 6 people because 2 dropped, and with only one monk <namely, my monk>
Another top favorite, I would have to say is Hell's Precipice. I loved killing rurik
Also, I loved those little portal you have to destroy, the titans, and all the other content there.
--The Shim
Lorien of Mandos
Favorite mission is whichever desert mission is my last before doppleganger
Least fav is Aurora Glade, because ppl suck...
Least fav is Aurora Glade, because ppl suck...
FeuerFrei
Hate:The Wilds....PUGs were crappy....had to do it 10 times b4 completing it
Fav:The 1st few missions in Ascalon
Fav:The 1st few missions in Ascalon
pegasux
I'm stuck in the same boat as you...haven't done the later missions yet. I run this mission solo so I can get all of the drops. I normally get at least 2 purple weapons and 1 minor rune out of each run before I die...sell all the junk and gold pick gives me about 600G. Not back IMO for a noob without anywhere else to farm.
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Personally, I hate the Surmia Ruins mission. Not only do I get atleast 3 disconnects before finishing anything in it (always with that mission), I have to go through it 2-3 times: once for the Mission itself, once because my party members don't understand what "Don't kill the EMBER BEARERS!" means, and once for the Cities of Ascalon (although...now I know to do that earlier).
Of course, I haven't done any of the later missions yet.
Of course, I haven't done any of the later missions yet
Gwenhywar
I like Thirsty River most, because it's the closest resemblance to PvP there is in the PvE areas (especially killing priests so the enemy team doesn't resurrect is an obvious introduction into some tombs maps).
Also they often drop gold armors there and I've seen many superior vigors drop.
Elona and Dunes are also "intro into tombs" type missions, but Dunes is just slow and boring, while Elonas is too annoying ever since I tried doing it with some really really bad groups long time ago.
Least favourite ... any Ascalon area missions, simply because the whole area is so dull.
Also they often drop gold armors there and I've seen many superior vigors drop
Elona and Dunes are also "intro into tombs" type missions, but Dunes is just slow and boring, while Elonas is too annoying ever since I tried doing it with some really really bad groups long time ago.
Least favourite ... any Ascalon area missions, simply because the whole area is so dull.
Yichi
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Ruins of Surmia, omfg so boring. Is it even possible to do the bonus if you kill the ember bearers by taking the alternate gate to the flame temple?
Yes, you just have to know how to get into th temple without opening the gate
Shimus DarkRaven
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Yes, you just have to know how to get into th temple without opening the gate
Which isn't hard, just run around in the tar back to where you WOULD run up the hill to open the gate, but continue towards the ember bearer entrance..not hard what-so-ever...
--The Shim
Which isn't hard, just run around in the tar back to where you WOULD run up the hill to open the gate, but continue towards the ember bearer entrance..not hard what-so-ever...--The Shim
JoeKnowMo
Favorite Missions: Any mission where a player or two drops and you manage to pull off the mission. There's something satisfying in pulling off a mission without a balanced group.
Hated Thunderhead at first, but now I love it. Thirsty River and Dragon's Lair are fun. Going back and soloing Nolani's, especially the beginning is great.
Also like missions where you have to fight several bosses (not at the same time necessarily), cuz you get to use res sig and have it recharged after beating boss. Nothing like a well-timed res sig ftw.
I love doing missions with PUGs due to the variety of players on the team each time. It's fun adjusting and adapting to their styles. Yeah, you get a lot of crappy players, but in the end, doesn't that just balance the team out due to your superior skill level?
Hate missions when you have a retarded tank who keeps rushing or worse still, other classes that think they're tanks. Get kinda bored during missions that require a lot of pointless running. I'm here to kill, kill, kill not to be someone's delivery boy.
In the end, my love or hate of missions has more to do with the challenge than anything else. When players drop out, that ups the challenge. I don't accurately recally, but I think I've done pretty much every high level mission with at least a drop or two. Sometimes you can't cope without that player, but other times you find you can.
Hated Thunderhead at first, but now I love it. Thirsty River and Dragon's Lair are fun. Going back and soloing Nolani's, especially the beginning is great.
Also like missions where you have to fight several bosses (not at the same time necessarily), cuz you get to use res sig and have it recharged after beating boss. Nothing like a well-timed res sig ftw.
I love doing missions with PUGs due to the variety of players on the team each time. It's fun adjusting and adapting to their styles. Yeah, you get a lot of crappy players, but in the end, doesn't that just balance the team out due to your superior skill level?
Hate missions when you have a retarded tank who keeps rushing or worse still, other classes that think they're tanks. Get kinda bored during missions that require a lot of pointless running. I'm here to kill, kill, kill not to be someone's delivery boy.
In the end, my love or hate of missions has more to do with the challenge than anything else. When players drop out, that ups the challenge. I don't accurately recally, but I think I've done pretty much every high level mission with at least a drop or two. Sometimes you can't cope without that player, but other times you find you can.
FFF_WarRaven
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Best mission: fighting doppelganger/ascension, because it's very short and has huge experience reward.
Hated mission: any long mission involving Rurik, except the last one. I choose not to finish the last mission, so titans won't show up all over tyria and interfere with my elite skill capture.
You can't redo the mission and get the same reward, at 20 he only gives up 100 xp or so.
Just don't take the glint missions, or if you do, you can abandon any of them and go capp'n, then just return to glint and get them again
Favorite: Not a mission, but anyway, uw trapping.
Most Hated: Anything in the wilds, tho i like to solo farm centaurs, but thats about it.
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Hated mission: any long mission involving Rurik, except the last one. I choose not to finish the last mission, so titans won't show up all over tyria and interfere with my elite skill capture.
You can't redo the mission and get the same reward, at 20 he only gives up 100 xp or so.Just don't take the glint missions, or if you do, you can abandon any of them and go capp'n, then just return to glint and get them again
Favorite: Not a mission, but anyway, uw trapping.
Most Hated: Anything in the wilds, tho i like to solo farm centaurs, but thats about it.
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ivanbrooking
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i completely HATE thunderhead keep!!!
i have given up using PUG because no one is good in those lobbies.
i am forced to do it with henchies! i have to get bored until i reach the siege, then i get my ass kicked most of the time.
(ive never beaten it with a PUG, or a guild group, but i beat it twice with henchies.) It is my least favourite at the mo too - can't beat the musraat dudes near the end /part2 of mission: always get owned by those guys. This last one I had to check to make sure I still had infused armour. Spectral agony is just that!!!
i have given up using PUG because no one is good in those lobbies.
i am forced to do it with henchies! i have to get bored until i reach the siege, then i get my ass kicked most of the time.
(ive never beaten it with a PUG, or a guild group, but i beat it twice with henchies.) It is my least favourite at the mo too - can't beat the musraat dudes near the end /part2 of mission: always get owned by those guys. This last one I had to check to make sure I still had infused armour. Spectral agony is just that!!!